Hardin Creek


Hardin Creek is a stream in Randolph and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of Missouri, within the Salt River basin of northeast Missouri.

Course

According to historical place-name records, the stream rises in Prairie Township in southern Randolph County and flows generally southeast into Monroe County, where it enters Union Township and joins Milligan Creek near the community of Middle Grove. A mapped point along the stream is at on the USGS Middle Grove quadrangle.

Name

The watercourse has also been recorded historically as Hardin's Creek and bears the name of Benjamin Hardin, an early settler in the area.